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Hurricane history · North Carolina

Hurricanes near Fairview, NC

Hurricanes

1

None major

Tropical storms

10

within 60 miles since 1950

Close calls

0

hurricanes within 30 miles

Since 1950, 1 hurricane and 10 tropical storms have passed within 60 miles of Fairview. That's a hurricane about once every 76 years. The most recent hurricane was Hugo in 1989. The strongest was Hugo in 1989, with winds near 81 mph as it went by. Most came in August.

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Every storm since 1950

YearStormStrength nearbyWinds, mphClosest, mi
2024Debby AugTropical storm4620
2021Elsa JulTropical storm5247
2021Claudette JunTropical storm4044
2018Michael OctTropical storm525
1989Hugo SepCategory 18140
1985Bob JulTropical storm526
1979David SepTropical storm583
1970Alma MayTropical storm4652
1959Gracie SepTropical storm5848
1952Able AugTropical storm528
1952Unnamed AugTropical storm468

By decade

DecadeHurricanesTropical storms
1950s03
1960s00
1970s02
1980s11
1990s00
2000s00
2010s01
2020s03

From the National Hurricane Center's best-track archive (HURDAT2), Atlantic and eastern Pacific, through 2025. A storm counts when its center came within 60 miles of the middle of Fairview at tropical-storm strength or more. "Winds" is the strongest it was while that close, over open water; inland it is usually less.

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